7:22 PM,
Oct. 23, 2013

Brad Pitt, left, and Michael Fassbender, as Westray and the counselor, have some of the best moments in the film, 'The Counselor.'

Written by

Bill Goodykoontz
| Gannett

he Counselor" arrives in theaters boasting a pedigree almost impossible to live up to.

Small surprise, then, that it doesn't. It's an OK movie that seems like it should have been a great one, but falls well short of that mark.

Ridley Scott directs Cormac McCarthy's first project written directly for the screen. The cast includes Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. What the heck, let's throw Cameron Diaz in there for good measure. It deals with violence, greed, human weakness and, lest we forget, more violence. (McCarthy works in violence the way Ralphie's ...